Rinus Michels
Stadion - Following the death of Rinus Michels, the former AFC Ajax
player, in 2005, supporters lobbied the stadium's board to rename the
stadium as the Rinus Michels Stadium. The board declined, but at
every home game there is a large banner displaying the words 'Rinus
Michels Stadion'.

Address

Arena Boulevard 29
1100 AM
Amsterdam

Capacity

51,628 seats

Inauguration

14 April 1996

Home club

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax N.V.

First match

AFC Ajax vs. AC
Milan, Italy

Notes

It was the
first stadium in Europe to feature a sliding, retractable roof and the
first stadium in the world with a road running beneath it.